Salvaging Coliseum Bricks

David Alvarado of Corpus Christi chips away concrete Tuesday as A&amp;R Demolition workers clean up and salvage bricks from the Memorial Coliseum site that will be used in a future memorial. Workers said they are collecting about 2,500 bricks from the back stage wall for the city of Corpus Christi.

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Jason Schmidt of Portland stacks up a palette of bricks Tuesday as A&amp;R Demolition workers clean up and salvage the bricks from the Memorial Coliseum site that will be used in a future memorial. Workers said they are collecting about 2,500 bricks from the back stage wall for the city of Corpus Christi.

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David Alvarado of Corpus Christi (left) and Jason Schmidt of Portland chip away concrete off bricks Tuesday at the former Memorial Coliseum site in Corpus Christi. The bricks are being salvaged for the city of Corpus Christi for a future memorial.

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Jason Schmidt of Portland breaks apart a section of brick Tuesday at the Memorial Coliseum site in Corpus Christi.

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Estevan Torres of Austin (left) and David Alvarado sort through a pile of bricks Tuesday that made up the back wall of Memorial Coliseum.

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David Alvarado sorts through a pile of bricks Tuesday that made up the back wall of Memorial Coliseum.

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David Alvarado places chunks of bricks on a loader Tuesday as he and Estevan Torres sort through a pile of bricks that made up the back wall of Memorial Coliseum.